Adobe Offsetting: June 2015
Anime Studio always surprises users with fantastic new features. From their 3D approach to vector drafting and ground-breaking introduction of smart bones, Anime Studio has shown consistent…
A year of subscribing to Blender Cloud
A year ago I began my membership with Blender Cloud. In March 2014, Blender announced Project Gooseberry—a crowd source funding endeavor for a feature-length film. As…
Adobe Offsetting: March 2015
For my Adobe Offsetting this month, I decided to treat myself with a DVD, while also supporting independent film making. A friend alerted me to…
Adobe Offsetting: February 2015
It seems that my heart belongs to Blender lately. Since this is the season of Valentines and heartfelt messages, I have to make Blender my…
2014 iAniMagic winners
Over Thanksgiving week, I was fortunate enough to participate as a judge in Animation Desk’s iAniMagic contest. Animation desk is an animation app that’s available…
Adobe Offsetting: November 2014
It’s only fitting to donate to Synfig since that’s who I started with last November. Synfig is a powerful vector 2D animation tool that’s made great…
Adobe Offsetting: July 2014
I discovered shortly after my blog post yesterday on great animation software announcements that Tupi was launching their Indiegogo campaign the following day. Well today is…
60 days with Blender
What can I say other than that Blender is an amazing tool. As I’ve learned more and more about the software over the past 60…
Adobe Offsetting: March 2014
This month I gave to The Gooseberry Project which is an initiative coordinated through the Blender community to bring the world’s best talent together to create…
Animation Desk
There are some terrific apps made for the iPad and Android tablets. Many software companies aren’t rushing to create viable software options on tablets for…
Misty available for switch layers
Synfig now has the capability of creating switch layers. If you’ve never heard of switch layers before, it’s great for cut-out characters. The gist is…
New feet and hands for Misty
Today I made some headway and was able to finish Misty’s hand positions for her front view. I think that I’ll be able to reuse…
Misty Turns the Other Cheek
After spending the past week working on how to make libraries in Synfig, I finally was able to start working on all the different body…
Synfig: Library How-To
Working with libraries Understanding libraries was pretty easy so far thanks to Ricardo Graça and Quadro Chave. I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve…
Synfig and Advanced Outlines
New and Improved This is a product innovation that can be described as “new and improved.” For anyone who has ever longed for easily creating…
Gitting New Things Daily
Today I downloaded files from Lungching that he created illustrating Synfig libraries. They were a great help for me and I highly encourage those of…
Synfig How To: Bones Trick for Cut-Out Character
Quadro Chave is the Bomb! Quadro Chave’s nice enough to have their Synfig discoveries online on Vimeo. While watching their videos, I picked up a…
More Terminology
Hi there. I included a blurb under my terminology post because I was totally lost while reading the Synfig wiki and running into the term…
Thumbalina: My Cut-Out Character for Synfig
Today I reviewed how to create a cut-out character for Synfig and created Thumbalina to explain the process. In the next couple days I’ll be…
Flower Tutorial Hick Up (AVERTED)
Update! Genete, one of the Synfig Gods and all around great guy, did some research and found out that there is a glitch that’s broke…
Notes for Cut-Out Animation Step-by-Step
I actually found these notes I created in 2010 for creating a cut-out character taken from the tutorial on the Synfig site. I’ll read and…
Excited About New Sketches
I’m nervous about relearning Synfig. I know that it probably won’t take long to get back up to speed, but I know how much time…
Starting the Body Rotation Chart
Here is the frontal view. This morning I started sketch what the rotation looks like. I don’t know if I’m going to have a facial…
Eyebrow Chart
Simple as it seems, it’s still nice to have everything charted out on paper to see the progress. I’m excited to get started on new…
Mouth Chart: Added Mouths
Here is the front view of Misty now finished up for mouths. I’ll be working on a three-quarter view next. I have to also start…
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